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Schools and colleges to benefit from boost in expert mental health support
17 million in mental health funding for schools and colleges to help them recover from the challenges of the pandemic.
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10 May 2021
More than £17 million announced to improve mental health and wellbeing support in schools and colleges, part of Government’s commitment to build back better for every young person
New funding to train thousands of senior mental health leads, for school and college staff and to provide helpful resources
Builds on Government’s commitment to making mental health and wellbeing a central part of education recovery work
Thousands of children and young people will benefit from better support and expert advice in school and college thanks to a new multi-million package of mental health support designed to help them recover from the challenges of the pandemic.
Education Secretary addresses ASCL conference
Speaking at the Association of School and College Leaders 2021 annual conference, Gavin Williamson thanked teachers and staff for their work during the pandemic.
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12 March 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
It is a great honour to be here. Those of you who attended last year’s conference will know that I began my speech by thanking you for the resilience you had all shown in the face of what was then a new virus. At that time, I mentioned that 600 cases had been diagnosed so far.
I don’t think any of us could have foreseen the unprecedented demands that would be made of school and college leaders like yourselves and how much your communities would depend on your calm leadership as we battled what went on to become one of the biggest challenges that this country has faced since the second world war.
A new coalition of health and education experts has met for the first time today (Tuesday 9 March) to look at the impact of the pandemic on the mental.